The California Academy of Sciences used genetic testing to identify a blue butterfly species similar to the Xerces species ...

California first featured bear symbolism on its flag during the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846 — decades before Monarch was ever captured. Still, the design was standardized in 1911 and finalized in 1953, ...

The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.

But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000-mile odyssey on a raft of floating ...

Walt Disney didn't just make animation history - he made Academy Award history. To this day, Disney still holds many Academy ...

Researchers have proposed that Fiji's native iguanas reached the islands by travelling nearly 8,000 kilometers on mats of ...

The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to regenerating the natural world. Based in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, it's the only ...

Lionsgate TV Group chair/chief creative officer Kevin Beggs has been tapped to serve as the new chairman of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the org announced Thursday.

Pope Francis has appointed a NASA geophysicist, a Harvard genetics professor, and a Chinese embryonic development researcher among five new members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences ...

A stretch of manufacturing and industrial space in West Berkeley could soon have a new future as a sprawling life sciences ...

Two West Point grads propose a 'Starfleet Academy' for cyber, space, and robotics as a new full-size military academy.